Life Course Risks or Cumulative Disadvantage? The Structuring Effect of Social Stratification Determinants and Life Course Events on Poverty Transitions in Europe

Abstract

holds a PhD in Sociology from the Catholic University Leuven. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research. Her work has focused on social stratification and poverty, as well as methodological issues related to non-response and household income measurement in longitudinal panel studies. Acknowledgements: The research was partly funded by research project G0398.02 of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). I am grateful for feedback by Jos Berghman, Ruud Muffels, Fiona Devine, Chris Whelan, Ides Nicaise & Jaak Billiet. The comments and suggestions of the two anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged as well as the helpful tips by Mark Elliot and Mark Tranmer. All remaining errors are my own.

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